Birmingham Tour: Explore History and Hidden Gems

Explore Birmingham’s rich history and hidden gems on a walking tour with a local guide. Discover the city’s transformation from a small market town to a bustling metropolis, and immerse yourself in its vibrant culture and modern life. Don’t miss out on this unique experience!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cathedral Square - An introduction to the tour by your local guide into Birmingham’s history, in the shadow of Birmingham Cathedral
  • St Philip’s Cathedral Garden - Built during the industrial revolution, discover St Philip’s Cathedral, one of the smallest cathedrals in Britain
  • Victoria Square - Take a step back into the 1800’s and…
What's Included
  • Passionate local guide
Additional Information

Experience Birmingham from a true Brummie’s perspective on this 1.5-hour walking tour guided by a local expert. Dive into the city’s lively sights and sounds as you explore centuries of history—uncovering how a modest market town evolved into the UK’s second-largest city.
From Birmingham’s industrial revolution surge to its renowned canals and the origin…

Location
Birmingham Cathedral
Colmore Row
By the flag pole in Cathedral Square!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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F7854ockatew
Mar 7, 2025
Definitely recommend!!! - What a wonderful way to explore a little bit of Birmingham; and great that this Tour operates throughout the week/year. An hour and a half of facts, paces of interest and stories that bring Birmingham to life. An absolute must for visitors new to the City. It gives you a very good starting point to the places to visit and the things to see. There’s sooooo much more to Birmingham than the Bull Ring. Thank you Dee for a marvellous morning!!!
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York1000
Feb 22, 2025
The way to see Brum - Hannah was brilliant. She knew her history inside out and was really engaging. Learnt how Brum has changed over the decades which was really interesting. Most of all she was a very proud Brummie.
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Paulgg3491tk
Feb 21, 2025
Brummieland - Hannah was an excellent guide and took us round the main sites and some not so main. She answered all our questions, was very knowledgable and had a good sense of humour.
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486helen
Feb 1, 2025
Informative and friendly tour - Excellent tour led by warm and friendly guide. We felt we gained a much better understanding about Birminghams culture and ethos and of course the history too, we were shown lots of places we’d like to come back to.
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Eileenm509
Jan 31, 2025
Great intro to Birmingham - Had a very interesting walk around Birmingham city centre. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable with plenty of information and stories being shared. We learnt a lot and it was relatively easy walking.
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Fernandosx934iw
Nov 26, 2024
Exellent - The tour Guide was excellent and he explain every detail of the places we walked around He showed a high level of knowledge about the city
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Ian_s
Nov 22, 2024
Birmingham during the German Christmas Market. - Excellent walking tour by Dee. Very informative with interesting at a relaxed pace. My wife and I were very fortunate as we were the only ones on the tour, it was, however very cold.
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Sheilaru6607op
Nov 20, 2024
Great walk - Richard has excellent knowledge about Birmingham. He was very easy to listen to. Really enjoyed the tour. An easy walk which lasted more than 2 hours
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15kelly47
Feb 8, 2025
30 hours in Birmingham. - Birmingham has a very pretty downtown with lots of interesting old buildings, shops and restaurants; many street sculptures and a lovely canal area with places to eat, drink and enjoy. We had some amazing food and the Grand Hotel Birmingham was fabulous. Unfortunately our tours got cancelled because there weren’t enough people. We would have loved to learn more about the city.
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Jill_r
Nov 30, 2024
Not an inspiring tour - It was unfortunately a very cold day and the guide stopped at the most chilled corners available! The tour was interesting but the guide was not enthusiastic in any way and the time dragged.
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